In this sermon we look closely at the history of Israel as a people and nation, the fulfillment of Bible prophecy, as well as what the Scriptures foretell will happen to them in the future. We also discuss the role of the Kingdom, Israel and the Church and how these are related. For sermon audio, notes, slides, archives and other free resources like books, please visit our website - apcwo.org #APCBangalore

2. Abraham And The
Land Promised To
His Descendants

3. Abraham And The Land Promised To His
Descendants
Genesis 12:1-4
1 Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your
country, From your family And from your father's
house, To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And
make your name great; And you shall be a blessing

4. Abraham And The Land Promised To His
Descendants
Genesis 12:1-4
3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him
who curses you; And in you all the families of the
earth shall be blessed."
4 So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him,
and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five
years old when he departed from Haran.

5. The Nation of Israel - Timeline
ca 2000 BC Covenant with Abraham
ca 1940 BC Abraham 'offers' Isaac at Mount Moriah
ca 1460 BC The Exodus from Egypt. The Law was given to the
Israelites through Moses at Mount Sinai.
ca 1040 BC King David conquered Jerusalem (also called
Zion)

6. The Nation of Israel - Timeline
ca 960 BC Divided kingdom : North and South
727 BC The Assyrians start conquest. Start of the first
exile. The scattering of the Jewish people
began.
722 BC The Assyrians conquered the northern kingdom
of Israel. The survivors of the ten tribes of Israel
were taken into exile.

7. The Nation of Israel - Timeline
ca 586 BC Nebuchadnezzar conquered Judah. The First
Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed.
539 BC Cyrus the Persian conquered Babylon. King
Cyrus made a proclamation to rebuild the
Temple in Jerusalem.
520-515 BC Zerubbabel built the Second Temple in
Jerusalem.
ca 450 BC Nehemiah rebuilt the wall around Jerusalem.

8. The Nation of Israel - Timeline
333 BC Alexander the Great conquered Persia.
168 BC The Seleucid empire had succeeded Alexander (312-
63 BC). Antiochus IV (175-164 BC), was the 8th ruler
of the Seleucid empire. He was violently bitter
against the Jews.

9. The Nation of Israel - Timeline
63 BC The Romans occupied Israel.
37-4 BC Herod the Great, king of Judea . The Second
Temple renovations were started in 18 BC and
would take 46 years, being completed after his
death.
ca 6 BC Jesus was born in Bethlehem
70 AD The Romans under Titus captured Jerusalem. The
Romans destroyed the Second Temple.

10. The Nation of Israel - Timeline
135 The Romans conquered Israel. The Temple Mount
was ploughed with salt and Jews were banished
from Jerusalem on pain of death.
622 Islam was established by Mohammed in Mecca.
638 Caliph Omar conquered Jerusalem.
691 Construction of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa
mosque. Moslem presence established on the
Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

11. The Nation of Israel - Timeline
1517 Start of 400-year occupation of Palestine and
Jerusalem by the Ottoman Turks (Turkish Empire)
1888 Start of the First Aliyah ("ascent" migration of Jews
from the diaspora to the Land of Israel).
1904 Start of the Second Aliyah. A second wave of Jews,
mainly from Russia and Poland, migrated to
Palestine. They were driven by persecutions.
1909 The first kibbutz (settlement) was established in
Galilee.

12. The Nation of Israel - Timeline
1914-1918 World War I
1917 Battle of Jerusalem occurred during the British
Empire's "Jerusalem Operations" against the
Ottoman Empire. General Edmund Allenby
takes Jerusalem.

13. The Nation of Israel - Timeline
1939-1945 World War II – Holocaust. Six million Jews
perished in the Nazi concentration camps.
1947 Partition Plan for Palestine.
1948 The State of Israel was declared. Israel was
proclaimed a State on 14 May 1948.
1949 Egyptian army defeated .Jordan, Syria and
Lebanon signed armistice agreements. Jerusalem
divided-Israel controlled the west, the new city.
Jordan occupied the Old City and the east.

14. The Nation of Israel - Timeline
The Re-gathering and the Birth of a nation
foretold and fulfilled
Isaiah 11:12
He will set up a banner for the nations, And will
assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together
the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the
earth.

15. The Nation of Israel - Timeline
The Re-gathering and the Birth of a nation
foretold and fulfilled
Ezekiel 37:21
"Then say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I
will take the children of Israel from among the
nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather
them from every side and bring them into their own
land;

16. The Nation of Israel - Timeline
The Re-gathering and the Birth of a nation
foretold and fulfilled
Isaiah 66:8
Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such
things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one
day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as
Zion was in labor, She gave birth to her children.

17. Israel and Its Neighbors

18. The Temple Mount
Dome of
the Rock
Al-Aqsa
Mosque

19. The Temple
Mount
The
Western
Wall

20. The Temple Mount
Video

21. The Temple Mount
Both the
Old Testament and the New Testament
affirm that a new Temple
will once again occupy this platform
as part of God's end-time program
for the nation of Israel.

22. The Temple Mount

23. The Temple Mount

24. The Jewish Settlements
Jeremiah 31:38-40
38 "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that the city
shall be built for the LORD—from the Tower of Hananel to the
Corner Gate.
39 The surveyor's line shall again extend straight forward over
the hill Gareb; then it shall turn toward Goath.
40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes,
and all the fields as far as the Brook Kidron, to the corner of
the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD. It
shall not be plucked up or thrown down anymore forever."

25. The Jewish
Settlements

26. Jerusalem
The Place of David’s Capital By Divine Appointment
The Place That Became the Home of the Levites
The Place That Became the Home of the High Priests
The Place Where the Feasts Were Observed
The Place Toward Which God’s People Prayed
The Place God’s People Have Always Loved

27. Jerusalem
The Place That Was Home to Melchizedek, the Ancient King
and Priest
The Place That Became Home to the Ark of the Covenant
The Place That David Purchased and Built An Altar to God
The Place Where the Temple Was Built
The Place From Which the Word Would Go Forth
The Place Where the Holy Spirit Was Outpoured

28. Jerusalem
Jerusalem will be the Future Capital of Messiah’s Eternal
Kingdom

29. The Kingdom, Israel and The Church

30. The Future of Israel Foretold In The Bible
Jerusalem will become a world trouble spot and all
nations will turn against Israel
Zechariah 12:2-3
2 "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness
to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege
against Judah and Jerusalem.

31. The Future of Israel Foretold In The Bible
Jerusalem will become a world trouble spot and all
nations will turn against Israel
Zechariah 12:2-3
3 And it shall happen in that day that I will make
Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who
would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces,
though all nations of the earth are gathered against
it.

32. The Future of Israel Foretold In The Bible
A peace treaty and 3½ years of false peace
A coming world leader (the 'Antichrist') will enforce a
peace plan or treaty (‘covenant’) upon Israel
The Temple will be rebuilt on the Temple Mount at
some point
(Daniel 7:23-26, Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15-16, 2
Thessalonians 2:3-4)

33. The Future of Israel Foretold In The Bible
The Great Tribulation
Two-thirds of the people in Israel will be 'cut off and
die' during this time.
144,000 Jews sealed and marked for protection
during the great tribulation.
(Matthew 24:21-22, Zechariah 13:8-9, Jeremiah 30:7, Daniel
12:1, Revelation 7:3-8)

34. The Future of Israel Foretold In The Bible
The Battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming
God's end-time judgment on the nations will be for
dividing up His land.
The armies of the world will gather in and around the
nation of Israel.
The Lord Jesus Himself will return to save Israel and
will descends on Mount of Olives.

35. The Future of Israel Foretold In The Bible
During the Millennium
The Messiah will reign from Jerusalem
Jerusalem will be the center of worship during the
Millennium
The Millennial Temple